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The world's changed, but is it for the better?

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Updated:
12/21/2012 11:44:30 AM EST

Have you ever thought, what if someone who died 50 or 60 years ago would think if they came back to life today? They would wake up on, say, a Sunday morning, eat breakfast then want to go out to do some errands. So, can I have the keys to the car? Sorry, cars don't use keys -- you just push a button. Wow!

So now I'll surprise the car owner and fill up the tank. So I pull up to the pump and after waiting an hour for the attendant to pump gas I go inside and I'm told to save money there is no longer anyone to wash your windshield or pump your gas. Do it yourself! So I give the clerk $5 to fill it up. I'm told it's $4 per gallon -- really! For just one gallon. So I pay $10 and get 2 1/2 gallons.

Then I think on the way home I'll stop and pick up The Boston Sunday Globe. So I go in and put a quarter on the counter and ask for a Globe. Sorry, it's $4. So I tell them to forget it. Then I ask for a pack of cigarettes and put the quarter back on the counter. Sorry, it's now $4.80 per pack. It used to be 13 cents.

On the way out of the store I noticed a young lady with a device on her ear. She entered her vehicle but never removed the device. Then a young man came toward me and he also had a device stuck on his ear. So I stopped to ask what it was. A cellphone, what's that? It's like a telephone. So where's the wires? There aren't any. Would you like me to take your picture? Good God, a telephone that takes pictures!

Time to go home.

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On the table I see this thing with several buttons on it. I pick it up, push a button and on the wall this huge picture, in color, and sound comes on -- people talking, singing, jumping around. Wow! Later, time for bed. You know, with everything now going on, I think I was better off dead. Guess what? I think he is right.

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